The Eight Parts of Speech
The 8 Parts of Speech
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
6. Conjunction
7. Preposition
8. Interjection
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speech for a definition and
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Nouns
 People, places, or things
 Can be subjects or objects in a sentence
VERB
Subject
I
you
He/she/they/who
Object
me
you
him/her/them/whom
Practice: Identify the nouns
(subjects & objects)
1) One of the cheerleaders on the team
is going to the National Cheerleader
Competition.
2) Although it may never happen,
running in the Austin marathon with
Melissa who has been my friend since
childhood is a dream come true.
3) My cat, Bunty, is a diva; she growls
whenever you try to pick her up.
Practice: Identify the nouns
(subjects & objects)
1) One of the cheerleaders on the team is
going to the National Cheerleader
Competition.
2) Although it may never happen, running in
the Austin marathon with Melissa who has
been my best friend since childhood is a
dream come true.
3) My cat, Bunty, is a diva; she growls
whenever you try to pick her up.
Pronouns
 A pronoun is a word that takes the
place of a noun. Personal pronouns
are subjects/objects: I/me; he/him;
she/her; they/them; who/whom
 Possessive pronouns NEVER take
apostrophes: its; hers; theirs; his
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Practice: Identity the pronouns and
note whether they are subjects or
objects or possessives
1) Susan and Nancy went to Sears
where she bought her sweater; she
took the sweater from Nancy
because Susan is older than she.
2) Whoever wants to go swimming
should put his or her swimsuit in my
car, not hers.
3) You can’t tell me with whom I can be
seen; it’s not your life!
Practice: Identity the pronouns and
note whether they are subjects or
objects or possessives
1) Susan and Nancy went to Sears
where she bought her sweater; she
took the sweater from Nancy
because Susan is older than she.
2) Whoever wants to go swimming
should put his or her swimsuit in my
car, not hers.
3) You can’t tell me with whom I can be
seen; it’s not your life!
Adjectives
 An adjective is a word that describes
a noun or pronoun. It tells what kind,
how many, or which one.
 A compound adjective is made by
hyphenating words to form a new
one.
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Practice: correct the following
 1. We just adopted a three to four
year old dog from the shelter.
 2. The poorly-run business went
under, which didn’t surprise anyone
involved.
 3. The twenty five foot drop makes
this a particularly dangerous area.
Practice: correct the following
 1. We just adopted a three- to fouryear-old dog from the shelter.
 2. The poorly run business went
under, which didn’t surprise anyone
involved.
 3. The twenty-five-foot drop makes
this a particularly dangerous area.
Verb
 A verb is the action of the sentence.
It shows what someone or something
is doing.
 Action verbs take direct objects.
 He hit him.
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 State-of-being verbs take subject
complements.
 This is she.
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Practice: pick out the correct form
of the verb
1) For murdering his wife, the man was
hung/hanged at noon.
2) I’m tired, so I’m going to lie/lay
down for a nap.
3) She lay/laid the pencil down.
4) Yesterday, Phillis lay/laid down.
Practice: pick out the correct form
of the verb
1) For murdering his wife, the man was
hanged at noon.
2) I’m tired, so I’m going to lie down for
a nap.
3) She laid the pencil down.
4) Yesterday, Phillis lay down.
Correct the following:
1)
2)
3)
4)
He felt badly.
The girl hit who?
This is him who ate my pie.
Don’t be angry with whomever hit
your car because it was clearly an
accident.
Correct the following:
1)
2)
3)
4)
He felt bad.
The girl hit whom?
This is he who ate my pie.
Don’t be angry with whoever hit your
car because it was clearly an
accident.
Adverb
 An adverb describes how the action is
performed. They tell how much, how
often, when and where something is
done.
 Adverbs modify adjectives. So,
“poorly worn” NOT “poorly-worn.”
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Grammar Rock Adverb Video
Practice
1. He swam good.
2. The tires were badly-worn.
Practice
1. He swam well.
2. The tires were badly worn.
Conjunctions
 A conjunction is a word that joins
words or word groups together.
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 Coordinating conjunctions are FANBOYS
words: for, and, not, but, or, yet, so.
 Adverbial conjunctions include words
such as therefore, however, moreover.
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Grammar Rocks Conjunction Video
Practice: identify the coordinating
conjunctions and adverbial
conjunctions
1) My mother is going to the store, but
she is not buying ice cream.
2) My mother is going to the store;
however, she is not buying ice
cream.
3) However angry I become, I will not
yell at my children, nor will I yell at
my husband.
Practice: identify the coordinating
conjunctions and adverbial
conjunctions
1) My mother is going to the store, but
she is not buying ice cream.
2) My mother is going to the store;
however, she is not buying ice
cream.
3) However angry I become, I will not
yell at my children, nor will I yell at
my husband.
Conjunctions (cont’d)
 Coordinating conjunctions make a
sentence DEPENDENT.
 The cat ate the bird, but the bird ate the
bug.
 Adverbial conjunctions are neutral: a
sentence remains a sentence with or
without an adverbial conjunction.
 The cat ate the bird; however, the bird
at the bug.
Practice
1. I want to go to the beach, however, it’s too
cold outside.
2. I want to go to the beach; but it’s too cold
outside.
3. The students are boycotting the cafeteria;
so the university is making changes.
4. The students are boycotting, therefore the
university is making changes.
Practice
1. I want to go to the beach; however, it’s
too cold outside.
2. I want to go to the beach, but it’s too cold
outside.
3. The students are boycotting the cafeteria,
so the university is making changes.
4. The students are boycotting; therefore, the
university is making changes.
Preposition
 A preposition is a word that shows
position or, direction. Some examples
are of, to, in, out, under, over, after,
out, into, up, down, for, and between
(anywhere a squirrel can go).
 Prepositions require objects.
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 To Whom It May Concern
 Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
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